The Lakers got a tremendous performance from rookie guard Jordan Clarkson on Monday night in Philadelphia, but a relatively high volume of fans were left devastated by the Lakers' 113-111 win over the 76ers.

WASHINGTON Point guard John Wall hit a 15-foot pull-up jump shot with 9.5 seconds left in double overtime to give the Washington Wizards a 110-107 victory Friday over the Charlotte Hornets.
Al Jefferson missed a desperation 3-pointer as the buzzer...

Closing in on the NBA's top playoff seed, the Golden State Warriors have been at their best.
Stephen Curry scored 24 points, and the Warriors used a smothering defensive effort in the third quarter to pound the Washington Wizards 107-76 on Monday night....

OAKLAND, Calif. The Golden State Warriors honored their 1975 NBA championship team Monday night, and coach Steve Kerr said the 40-year-old banner provides ongoing motivation.
"We look at it every day in our practice facility. We don't stop and talk about...

The Clippers host the Washington Wizards at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
The Wizards (40-28) have won five games in a row, while the Clippers (44-25) have won two straight games.
When the teams played in Washington on Dec. 12, the Wizards won, 104-96. In that...

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NBA teams will no longer be outfitted by Adidas after the 2016-17 season, as the shoemaker and sports gear company said Monday it wouldn't renew its partnership with the league.
The league had already informed Adidas that it was opening the bidding for the next contract, according to a person familiar with the process. The NBA is to expected to announce a new partnership sometime around its Board of Governors meeting next month, the person told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because...

Dwyane Wade collected 21 of his 32 points in the first half, Goran Dragic scored 20 and the Miami Heat handed LeBron James another loss on his former home floor with a 106-92 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night.
Hassan Whiteside had 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Heat, which won both of James' regular-season visits to Miami this season — his first two games back since leaving the team and returning to Cleveland last summer. Miami closed the first half on a 19-5 run to take a...

Paul George is putting this weekend's comeback plan on ice. The concept of returning later this season is still heating up.
Indiana's two-time All-Star told reporters that he's much closer to playing now than when he returned to full practices two weeks ago, his most strenuous work since running into a basket stanchion and gruesomely snapping his right leg in two places Aug. 1 in Las Vegas.
“The Paul George today blows away the Paul George from then,” he said. “The reason the Paul...

Marc Gasol scored 23 points to lead the Memphis Grizzlies past his brother Pau Gasol and the Chicago Bulls 101-91 on Monday night in Chicago.
Gasol was 10 of 16 from the field for the Grizzlies, who moved to two games ahead of idle Houston in the Southwest Division.
Jeff Green had 19 and Zach Randolph added 16 for the Grizzlies, who held the Bulls to 43.8% shooting from the field and improved to 21-11 on the road.
Pau Gasol, Marc's older brother, had 13 points and 11 rebounds for his 43rd double-...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Games on back-to-back nights at the end of a long stretch of games conspired Monday night to end the Charlotte Hornets' five-game winning streak.
Looking exhausted, the Hornets gave up 36 first-quarter points en route to a 95-69 home loss to the Washington Wizards at Time Warner Cable Arena.
Hornets coach Steve Clifford gave up on this one with about five minutes left, sending the deep reserves into the game. By then the Hornets had already trailed by 24.
The Hornets got 19 points and...

MILWAUKEE Two teams desperately searching for a victory met Saturday night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
Khris Middleton's clutch 3-pointer in the final minute lifted the Milwaukee Bucks to a 91-85 decision over the Washington Wizards on a night when the Milwaukee franchise retired Bobby Dandridge's No. 10 jersey.
Middleton scored a career-high 30 points, including nine in the tense fourth quarter.
His triple from the corner, after an offensive rebound by Zaza Pachulia on a Middleton miss, gave the...